San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-03-28
EDITORIAL sssvr1R


A xoR1HExk tourist who visited For
ida and spent the winter there remarked
concerning the situation, II went there
for change and rest. The darkies took
all the change and the landlords took
GRM. BULIxn wss too mech . man Of
honor and . generous soldier TO be made
the instrument Of Irish oppression Dy
British governmsnt and he vas recalled
to BalfOur 10 . long step down ward even
Tns Ovsrton1 ShsrpsAoeter thinks this
coming contest 10 merely 70 decide
'swhether the people rule the mash tubs
or the mash tubs fule the people," The
shooter seems 20 think tAes iuuleee this
Law passcs the mach tubs will - en- =
dowed with p6wers OF coersico. No
man 10 obliged 70 drink who COOS not
TIT Catholic leaders In Amsrics and
In England are making themselves solid
with The wofkingmen Of both countries.
Cardinal Gibbons IN America and Car
dinsl Manning 10 England have come 20
the front.
Rev. FULTON has begun the crusade
against the Catholic church, and will
make almost a. much headway - old
Don Quixofte did 10 his immortal TIT
against the windmills. y
TIE little fry politicians Of the demo-
cratic persuasion, and the two-by-f0nr
journals Of that party keep hammering
away ut Blaine, and Blaine keeps ham,
merIng away q his book He " pre-
pairing bis speeches and political papers
for qualifications, and has worked harder
during the past Two months than at any.
former period Of his life.
TIE cry Of the Texas legislature
against newspapers reminds one OF the
crying baby in the theatre. After an.
noying the audience during the entire
act the starr slipped to the footllghts
and gravely informed the house that the
play mnst stop, otherwise the baby
could not 90 on. .,.S ~ - =,
TIE New York Evening Sun adds Ito
light to the New York Morning Sun.
Both suns belong to the same PLANETARY
system Of paperdOm. The Evening Sun
is so-oalled, not because II Will speedily
set, but because II gives promise OF q
fresh Sun rise 10 the morning. ,s7s..y ~.
The Farmers Alliance Of Texss will
establish an implement house In john
son county. This lie free country, but
the farmers must remember that mer-
chants must have trade upon which 70
live, and II the farmers monopolize all they
drive out q very necessary class OF citi-
zens. Iowa tried that 10 1871, and after
two years experiment returned to the
former way Of doing business. .,o....
TIE ladies continue steadily TO dis
prove the ISLANDERS that are heaped upon
them, and manifest o power to grasp the
situation that promises we'll tor their
future. Twenty young ladies In an I'LL
nois city raked In . cool 500. BY sitting
together In Q room for two hours with
out one Of them speaking. Some mascu-
line donkey disputed their ability to
keep quiet for that length Of time and
afforded Id himself an apt Illustration Of
the old proverb about . fool and his
money. W. lpi.l 9l
FRAxcrs MURPHY IL doing IN immense
work OF reform as . temperance apostle
in Chicago. Before leaving Ohio his
pledge signers numbered many th0us-
ands. In vincennee, Ind, out Of pop
ulstion Of l5, 900, there were 1000 who
signed the total abstinence pledge.
Does any one suppose that prohibition
In this state will make 1000 total alb
stainers In four years? Let the facts
elsewhere answer. I5say -. -.
The Irish evictions grow more heart
less and the ooercl0ns Of the landlords,
under government sanction, most inhu-
man. On Landsdowne's estate, . tenant
was evicted who for years had paid an
annual rental Of 81, 800 for lands which .
government commission only valued at
$2,l00. Lsndsdowne 10 drawing big
salary % governor general OF Canada.
and his agents are praoticing this extor-
ton upon the poverty stricken rent
raked people OF poor Erin. s4Big